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In an excerpt from his new book Republican Gomorrah, Max Blumenthal examines the radical beliefs about witchcraft and the “serpent seed” that propelled Sarah Palin into politics.
Prior to her nomination for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin listed her home phone number in Alaska’s Yellow Pages. She was known to spend hours in her local Wal-mart chatting with constituents. When I traveled to Alaska’s Mat-Su Valley, nearly every politically active resident I spoke to had met the governor on at least one occasion. But many of Palin’s acquaintances, admirers and critics alike, described her in a dramatically different light from that in which she presented herself to the American public.
“Oh father, use her to turn this nation around,” Bishop Muthee shouted, his left palm on Sarah Palin’s head, “so that the curse can be broken.”
Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement That Shattered the Party By Max Blumenthal. Nation Books, 394 pages, $25.00
To those who knew Palin, she was no ordinary hockey mom, but rather an evangelical foot soldier who spearheaded the [conservative Christian] movement’s takeover of local government. Her power base was the Wasilla Assembly of God, a Pentecostal mega-church where she was baptized and spent over 20 years as a member.
Most Pentecostal congregations are socially conservative, particularly those that are predominantly white, but Wasilla Assembly of God was in thrall to a radical Pentecostal trend once denounced by church authorities as heresy. Called the Third Wave, it was rooted in an explicitly anti-intellectual creation myth. According to the Third Wave’s founding father, William Branham, a rural Canadian preacher, Satan had sex with Eve and gave birth to Cain—the so-called “Serpent Seed.” “Through Cain came all the smart, educated people down to the antediluvian flood—the intellectuals, bible colleges,” Branham wrote. “They know all their creeds but know nothing about God.”
Despite opposition from inside the Assembly of God’s hierarchy, Third Wave congregations won droves of adherents by emphasizing charismatic displays of ecstatic release, including practices such as holy laughter (hysterical giggling that supposedly represents the spirit of God flowing through the bodies of believers) and drunkenness in the spirit, where worshippers emulate the experience of intoxication so melodramatically that Charles Bukowski would reel in embarrassment. Faith healing is also central to Third Wave theology; Todd Bentley, an influential Florida-based Third Wave pastor known for his tattoos, body piercings, and pseudo-punk attitude, once attempted to “explode” a man’s tumors by drop-kicking him in the chest. He also kicked an old woman in the face because, he said, “The Holy Spirit spoke to me.” One of Bentley’s mottoes is “Some people snort cocaine, others snort religion.”
Behind the Third Wave’s histrionics lies an aggressive brand of Dominionism focused on purging “demon influence” from entire geographic areas through prayer or more forceful means if necessary. Becky Fischer, a Third Wave youth pastor who gained fame as the anti-hero of the award-winning 2006 documentary Jesus Camp, urged pastors to indoctrinate an army of spiritual suicide bombers to seize control of the country. “I wanna see young people who are as committed to the cause of Jesus Christ as the young people are to the cause of Islam,” Fischer said in the documentary during an unguarded moment. “I wanna see them as radically laying down their lives for the Gospel as they are over in Pakistan and Israel and Palestine and all those different places.”
The Third Wave arrived in Alaska through a “spiritual warfare network” founded by an Anchorage-based Haida Indian named Mary Glazier, who claimed to have converted 60 members of her family, including her formerly alcohol-abusing parents. Seeking a “battle strategy” against the rising tide of sin that consumed her son, who committed suicide in 1990, Glazier tried to gain access to the state’s prison system, a pit of desperation. A young female prison chaplain opposed Glazier’s evangelizing intentions. Glazier responded by branding the woman a witch and began to utter imprecatory prayers. “As we continued to pray against the spirit of witchcraft,” Glazier recalled with glee, “her incense altar caught on fire, her car engine blew up, she went blind in her left eye, and she was diagnosed with cancer.”
Sarah Palin was one of the first members of Glazier’s spiritual warfare prayer circle in Wasilla. According to Glazier, while Palin prayed with her during the early 1990s, “God began to speak to [her] about entering politics.” With Glazier’s encouragement, Palin joined other members of the Wasilla Assembly of God in a takeover of Wasilla’s government. In 1994, Palin won election to the Wasilla City Council and the local hospital board, a victory that resulted in the ousting of her mother-in-law, Faye Palin. During the first meeting of the new Dominionist-dominated hospital board, Palin and her allies passed a resolution (later overturned by the state Supreme Court) banning abortion in all circumstances, including when the life of the mother was in mortal danger.
While Palin served on the Wasilla City Council, a Democrat named Nick Carney befriended her and showed her the ropes. However, when Palin announced her 1996 bid for mayor against Carney, she launched a vicious campaign against her former friend, spewing character attacks utterly foreign to the Mayberry Junction-like atmosphere of Wasilla. “I watched that campaign unfold, bringing a level of slime our community hadn’t seen until then,” recalled Phil Munger, a local music teacher.
In 2000, while serving as mayor, Palin asked her pastor at Wasilla Assembly of God for a copy of a video circulating among members called “Transformation,” produced by George Otis, an evangelical author who once raised money for former Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver after the latter’s conversion to fundamentalist Christianity. (Cleaver went on to found the syncretic pseudo-religion of “Christlam” and to design men’s jeans with special codpieces—“Cleaver sleeves,” he called them—that prominently displayed the wearer’s genitals.) In the video, Otis documented the heroism of Pentecostal pastor Bishop Thomas Muthee, who supposedly saved the city of Kiambu, Kenya, from an evil witch named Mama Jane, who reportedly used her otherworldly powers to manipulate top government officials and ordered one death per month by car crash in front of her “divination house.”
According to the film, Muthee organized several weeks of imprecatory prayer against Mama Jane. He led his followers in “spiritual mapping,” a technique popularized at Rev. Ted Haggard’s World Prayer Center that consists of praying around buildings and city blocks occupied by demonic spirits. While cries for Mama Jane’s stoning intensified, the local police arrested the evil witch and ordered her never to return to Kiambu. Almost overnight, a golden era of Christian morality descended on the town, churches sprouted in suddenly vacant bars, and criminal activity evaporated like magic. Or so the story goes.
When a reporter from Women’s eNews traveled to Kiambu to investigate the story, she discovered that Muthee was a fraud. The reporter found Mama Jane still living in the compound from which Muthee claimed to have had her ousted. A 46-year-old woman whose real name was Jane Njenga, Mama Jane is revered by locals for adopting 40 abandoned children, including the mechanic who fixed Muthee’s car. According to Mama Jane, Muthee paraded around town demanding through a megaphone that locals pray for her death, but nothing happened to her. She concluded that Muthee was a con man. “If I am bad, why haven’t people attacked me?” Mama Jane said. “Why haven’t they burnt this building down? That is what people here do to witches.”
Partly inspired by Muthee’s tall tales, Palin initiated her own spiritual battle in Wasilla. Her target was the Rev. Howard Bess, a local Baptist pastor who had opened the doors of his church to openly gay Christians. Bess, an affable 80-year-old born-again evangelical, had sought refuge in the Mat-Su Valley after infuriating church officials in Anchorage and Santa Barbara, California, with his advocacy for gay rights, which culminated with the publication of his 1995 book, Pastor, I Am Gay. Palin’s allies from Wasilla Assembly of God crusaded to ban the book throughout the valley, ensuring that no bookstore—including the national chain Waldenbooks—dared carry it. Palin personally visited the Wasilla public library twice to request that the librarian remove Bess’s book from her shelves.
“Sarah Palin is a true believer,” Bess told me over coffee at Vagabond Blues, a café 20 miles from Wasilla in the town of Palmer. “She has a dualistic worldview that divides the world into black and white. She sees it as her mission to destroy evil, whether it is gay people, a foreign government she perceives as an enemy, or a political opponent like Obama.”
In 2005, with Palin gearing up for a tough campaign for governor against former Democratic Gov. Tony Knowles, Bishop Thomas Muthee paid a special visit to Wasilla Assembly of God to confer his blessing on her candidacy. With Palin seated in the front row, Muthee suggested that Christians like Palin should “invade” government in order to seize the reins of the world’s economy from the “Israelites.” “It’s high time that we have top Christian businessmen, businesswomen, bankers, you know, who are men and women of integrity running the economics of our nations,” Muthee said. “That’s what we are waiting for. That’s part and parcel of transformation. If you look at the—you know—if you look at the Israelites, that’s how they work. And that’s how they are, even today.”
With that, Muthee summoned Palin to the altar for an anointing. Flanked by Ed Kalnins, the new pastor of Wasilla Assembly of God, and another local Third Wave preacher, Phil Markwardt, Palin bowed her head and closed her eyes. “We are asking you in the name of this Valley, make a way for Sah-rah, even in the political arena!” Muthee exclaimed in his raspy, thickly accented voice. While Kalnins and Markwardt gripped Palin’s shoulders, tongue-talking loudly rose from the pews. “Bring finances her way even for the campaign in the name of Jesus!” Muthee shouted, his left palm on Palin’s head. “Oh father, use her to turn this nation around . . . so that the curse can be broken.”
The experience had a lasting impact on Palin. When she returned to Wasilla Assembly of God in June 2008 to address the church’s college-age members, Palin linked Muthee’s anointing to her election as governor. “As I was mayor and Pastor Muthee was here and he was praying over me, and you know how he speaks and he’s so bold. And he was praying, ‘Lord make a way, Lord make a way,’” Palin said, imitating Muthee’s raspy, thickly accented intonations. “And I’m thinking, this guy’s really bold, he doesn’t even know what I’m going to do, he doesn’t know what my plans are. And he’s praying not, ‘Oh, lord if it be your will may she become governor.’ No, he just prayed for it. He said, ‘Lord make a way and let her do this next step.’ And that’s exactly what happened.”
While Palin barnstormed the country as a vice-presidential candidate in late September, Muthee returned to the Mat-Su Valley to address a group from the Wasilla Assembly of God. The Kenyan preacher explained the current relevance of Queen Esther, a Jewish beauty queen who married the king of Assyria and then used her seductive wiles to persuade him to save her people from the evil Haman. The resonance was clear: Palin, the former beauty pageant contestant who had chosen Esther as her biblical role model when she first entered politics, would topple the secular tyrants to lead her people, the true Christians, into the kingdom.
Building toward his climax, Muthee summoned the flock to spiritual warfare, invoking Branham’s “serpent seed” doctrine. “How do you kill a python?” Muthee asked an adolescent boy in the front row. “Step on its neck!” the boy responded almost instantly. “Right,” Muthee replied. “You have to step on the necks of the pythons to crush the enemy.” Then Muthee drew the worshippers to their feet for a prayer that included speaking in tongues:
We come against that python spirit. We come against that spirit of
witchcraft as the body of Christ. Right now in the name of Jesus!
Ooooh-raba-saka-ta-la. Come on, pray, pray! Raba-sandalalala-
bebebebekalabebe. Shanda-la-bebebeka-lelebebe. . . . That’s why
we come against all forms of witchcraft. All the python spirits that
are released against the body of Christ . . . and bring this nation into
the Kingdom.
While the mainstream press generally overlooked details such as Palin’s apparent belief in witchcraft, the [Conservative Christian] movement’s adulation intensified. For them she had received “the anointing,” as former Christian Broadcasting Network director Jim Bramlett said. “I believe Sarah Palin could not have gotten to where she is without God’s backing,” a 20-something male picketer outside an Anchorage abortion clinic remarked to me. “And for whatever reason, God appoints leaders.”
“I do believe she’s anointed for this position,” said another protester, a middle-aged woman. The woman added that because Alaska is shaped like a crown, “I really do believe that Alaska’s called to a key position to cry out for our nation and to lead our nation.”
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Aurora
This is a quote from an article, by Bruce Wilson:http://www.alternet.org/election08/97939/weird_theology_in_wasilla%3 A_a_look_inside_sarah_palin%27s_pentecostal_church/
It ties together the Third Wave and the "C Street" Gang of deviant Republican Congressmen.
The Third Wave, also known as the New Apostolic Reformation, is a network of Apostles, many of them grouped around C. Peter Wagner, founder of the World Prayer Center. This center, which was built in coordination with Ted Haggard and his New Life Church in Colorado Springs, was featured in an article by Jeff Sharlet in Harpers, May 2005, "Soldiers of Christ." Sharlet was one of the first to write in the secular press about the World Prayer Center which is often referred to by those familiar with the Third Wave as the 'Pentagon for Spiritual Warfare.' It features computer systems that store the data of communities around the world, mapping out unsaved peoples' groups and spiritual mapping information for spiritual warfare. Wagner has his own group of about 500 Apostles in his council and each of these Apostles has ministries under their authority, sometimes hundreds or thousands. Recently various networks of Apostles came together to form the Revival Alliance. Leaders of the Revival Alliance including Rick Joyner of Morningstar anointed Todd Bentley whose Lakeland Healing Revival has recently been a controversial topic in the Evangelical world.
Wagner's top leaders often conduct spiritual warfare campaigns against the demons that block the acceptance of their brand of Christian belief, such as 'Operation Ice Castle' in the Himalayas in 1997. Several of their top prophets and generals of intercession spent weeks in intensive prayer to "confront the Queen of Heaven." This queen is considered by them to be one of the most powerful demons over the earth and is the Great Harlot of Mystery Babylon in Revelation. (The "Great Harlot [or 'whore'] of Mystery Babylon" theme also figures prominently in the sermons of Texas megachurch pastor and Christians United For Israel founder John Hagee, former endorser of John McCain's 2008 presidential bid.) Wagner and his group also claim that the Queen of Heaven is Diana, the pagan god of the biblical book Ephesians and the god of Mary veneration in the Roman Catholic Church. Following the 'Operation Ice Castle' prayer excursion which included planting a flag for Jesus on Mt. Everest, one of the lead prayer intercessors from the excursion, Ana Mendez, reported that there had been dramatic results including, "millions have come to faith in Asia... and other things happened which I believe are also connected...an earthquake had destroyed the basilica of Assisi, where the Pope had called a meeting of all world religions; a hurricane destroyed the infamous temple 'Baal-Christ' in Acapulco, Mexico; the Princes Diana died... and Mother Theresa died in India, one of the most famous advocates of Mary as Co-Redeemer."
jpelhamtn
What utter nonsense..but interesting that the left-wing flake media continues to build up Palin by such nosensical attacks. What would have been more interesting is to take a look at Obama's racist church (and Pastor) that he attended for two decades but never heard one word his Pastor spoke! Isn't that amazing...you can sit in a church but never hear the racist Pastor? Seems to me that must be witchcraft or Satanism right? My goodness, they must be in their third or fourth wave by now trying to take over America!!! What will do??
Please, let's quit the ludicrous attacks on Palin...none of which as yet have stood the test of honest journalistic examination. She apears to have far more common sense and an appropriate disdain for the media that makes her uniquely appealing to the American people.
The DAILY BEAST continues to become the 'National Enquirer' of the internet allowing these fictional left wing nutcases display their paranoia.
wial33
You seem to forget there's video of all this. http://youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=palin wasilla church&search_sort=relevance&search_category=0&page=
What do they pay you? Do you get to work from home?
donatello
Thank goodness religion saved you from drugs and alcohol. Now you're just screwed up with no excuse.
Zagama
Why should it stop, when she does`nt???? Don`t YOU do any research??????????DUH!!!!!
trunderh
Interesting, why would it be more interesting to look into something that has bee exhaustively covered? Why is any investigation of Palin an attack - oh, that's right, she's appointed by God. My apologies - please don't brand me a witch and pray for my destruction.
acheemgee
Really? Utter nonsense? I don't think someone could possibly make all of this up. Can you seriously turn a blind eye to and blanketly assume it's all made up? I'm sorry but I just can't fathom or comprehend how you could read this and automatically turn it around on Obama. What is that about? His pastor was a nut, I'll admit but it's totally unrelated to Sarah Palin (with witnesses) being anointed by a complete whackjob. And Obama's pastor has been looked at-did you even WATCH the news before the election-they couldn't tell us enough about that pastor. THIS is actually brand new, scary information.
Palin's disdain for the media stems from her dislike of being called out for being a whiny baby who plays the victim ALL THE TIME. If she wants to be in politics, she better learn to take the heat. Journalists don't play nice and everyone is sick of her crocodile tears.
KemCho
Did media miss stories on Rev. Wright's and Obama get togethers.? They conveniently let it go. What hypocrites.
Denjudge
When Palin starts a vicious rumor about "death panels," she deserves all the criticism she can get. It is unconscionable that she lies and that others perpetuate her lies in an effort to scare the elderly. There's a place in hell for people like this.
SimonSaize
Oh Jesus- shut up. I am white and live in a poor black neighborhood, and they "all" do that.... for the most part "blacks" preaching on the evil of the white man is taken with grain of salt. My friend loves Malcolm X, she's black proud and could care less- she complains until she's blue in the mouth about white people, finally one day I griped about my racist sister hating niggers, my friend said not to hate her, and she felt sorry for her.
I think my sister is a complete rag- I was pretty sure after talking my friend, she'd befriend my sister ( unfortunately for me).
None the less I am one of the tokken whites- there's a few of us "spots" here in my hood. The barber in my hood also bitched about whites- and even told me- of course we're friends now.
Get over it.
Wasn't the article about Sarah Palin and the "holy" war- errrrrr I mean "energy" war.
nanbmaroc
another birther/deather Hollering us down in our own meeting place. ho hum.
nickatdabeach
McLame chose Palin -only- because he thought he'd be running vs. her thighness HRC... McLame is a RINO who needed to balance the ticket politically and by gender... the only reason he got as close to BHO as he did was because of Palin, her popularity with common folk, something you miserable leftwing trolls never understood, and that's great.. looking forward to 2010/12 with more enthusiasm than Blumenfunk generated in this hatespeak... he's in the minority, thank GOD
southernborn
You must not be aware that the video of this Kenyan witch doctor praying over Palin at her church in Wasilla has been on the internet since last year. So has the tape where she retold the story to the graduates, at her church.
It isn't "ludicrous" if it is true and in this case it is true. If these are her belief's, and they are, then it isn't an attack, it is the simple truth. She should not be ashamed of what she believes but it also shouldn't be hidden.
I am a Christian but I would have a hard time even considering someone who believed in witches and such.
As far as Obama and Rev Wright, I am pretty sure we heard all about it for months..... but you think we shouldn't discuss Palin's?
camfield
"Common sense," my butt! The woman's pretty much just an air-head without an intellectual bone in her body. The media (with exceptions such as the Fox News Channel and Wall Street Journal and such) may be disdained by right-wingers fearing the bright light of reality. However, I believe the public generally appreciates the detail and documentation offered by the fair-minded portion of the media. It is only the right, particularly around election time, that attempts to denigrate the refutation of its agenda in print or on the internet. This coordinates with conservatives' wearisome ongoing campaign to make "liberal" a dirty word in the public mind--and thus "liberal press" is chanted over and over. However, it's difficult to understand how these people reconcile a general charge of press liberalism in the face of Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Beck, spittle-spewing anti-Obama blogs, many major newspapers and much of the entire Internet--all devoted mainly to mere out-of-context criticism of liberal goals and principles.
lmktacwa
In response to: nickatdabeach: "McLame chose Palin ..... her popularity with common folk, something you miserable leftwing trolls never understood, and that's great.. "
May I refer you (and others here who want an excellent read) to Caroline Myss' piece of Sept 5 where she discusses the "dumbing down" of America by Republicans:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/caroline-myss/crimes-against-the-soul-o_b_ 278188.html
Here is an excerpt:
The vice-presidential candidate that the Republicans ran in the past election against Obama was of equal educational quality (to Bush). We all know who I mean, Miss Lipstick-on-a-Pig. Even her humor is low-class, in keeping with her intelligence. One has to ask, "So this was the candidate Republicans believed could handle the cosmic-sized dilemmas we now have facing this nation?" Sarah Palin? Are they nuts? Listening to those Republicans lie about their support of her in the face of the crises facing this nation was a crime against the soul of America. Why? Because they did not believe a word of what they were saying and that was obvious. Most of them could barely cough up their contrived words of support. How they could possibly live with themselves is beyond me. But that is the blessing, I suppose, of having no conscience whatsoever. You're free to say whatever is required in the moment. But if you want to talk about an educational violation, Palin is the poster child. She is a perfect example of the success of the "dumbing down of America" program. No wonder she is a Republican. Birds of a feather, as the saying goes. But you have to give credit where credit is due, yes? So no wonder they fear Obama coming near the classroom. Republicans have little experience with a refined intellect. (They probably are wondering how Obama escaped the, "dumbing down" system. They certainly didn't. Check out Eric Cantor. There's a "dumbing down" success story if I've ever met one.)
doug-c
I agree with jpelhamtn. Max Blumenthal's claims are a little too far out there to be believable. The thing that upsets me is how the radicals from BOTH parties are getting attention in national mainstream media. Since when did crazy republicans claiming that Obama is the next Hitler get huge blocks of airtime on CNN? Why do wacky liberal authors saying that Palin believes in a 'Serpent Seed' get a front page article on the Daily Beast? Its the Independents who decide the vote. Why don't we get catered to by mainstream media with straight unbiased reporting?
Ahimsa
It is not paranoia, for an example of evidence, just look at yourself, jpelhamin.
anghiari
Suggest everybody go get the Vanity Fair and read the interview of Levi Johnson...and you know its true because of many of the references the kid uses.
1. Todd and Sarah never sleep in the same bedroom
2. They talked about divorce all the time.
3. Sarah wanted to adopt his and Bristol's baby and would come home sometime and tell them she wanted their baby not the retarded baby.
4. That she never has mothered her children. That Bristol has basically taken care of the younger children forever.
5. Palin comes home gets in her walmart 2 piece pjs and watches home and wedding tv shows.
6. Didn't want to be governor anymore because it was so hard.
7. Sarah never cooked...she would send the kids out
8. Levi and Bristol always had to put Sarah's baby to bed at night, because she would come home and go into her room and not come out.
What he tells us...is what we all thought was the case anyway...he just confirms it. Bristol told Levi, the rumors about her mother having an affair with Todd's best friend was not true, but that it was true that Todd had an affair with a family friend....can some some say SOAP Opera!
southernyankee
What left wing media? Don't buy that shit. MSM is owned by wealthy owners.
newswoman
Obama doesn't spout religious dogma or have himself 'cleansed of witches' like Palin did. Rev. Wright probably didn't talk about politics in many of his sermons, but to h;ear the Reps talk, that is all he did!
Remember, Obama didn't say, "God damn America", Wright did.
What about Catholics, for instance, use birth control, get divorced, have pre-marital sex, etc. and yet stay in their churches because they like it there and feel comfortable even tho' they don't follow every rule? Obama and his family felt comfortable there and didn't necessarily believe everything they heard.
retired-army-1SG
If Wright is relevant, then Palin's church and religious background is relevant. You can't have it both ways... And as a person who grew up in a pnetecostal family, and has family members who believe this 3rd Wave stuff, I assert the activities described in this article are accurate and scary as hell. ANYTIME you blend religion and politics you get excess...
sippewissett
You need to get off your soap box and do some reading about Third Wave and End of Days churches and their desire to substitute a theocracy for our secular democracy. Become more informed before you rant again; it's your responsibility. Start here: http://www.talk2action.org/story/2008/11/2/115526/519
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nickatdabeach
Max is obsessed with Sarah.. a compulsion.. why not run a libelous piece on cousin Sidney, or his Temple? Curious Max. There are meds for OC disorder.
nickatdabeach
Coming in 2010: Max's new soft cover pap: "Torah-Torah-Torah" At better newstands everywhere south of 42nd Street
TREESKE
Sarah Palin in reality represents a big fraction of our culture; empty headed, empty talk, typical beauty queen, looks that catch the attention of the ADD afflicted Disney educated populace and she makes Fox TV money, what is there to question about????
tonyw1538
If the Republicans continue to rely on the "word" of their imaginary friends who "tell them" to do their evil and "pray" for the destruction of others, then they will continue to lose constituency.
Even if I was a Christian, this behavior of seeking God's wrath upon others is decidedly old testament stuff - Jesus was supposed to change all that.
sippewissett
Max is exposing a side of Palin that TeamSarah acolytes keep under wraps: she is a wingnut who believes that creationism should be taught in science classes, has been 'blessed' by a witch doctor in her church, believes in End of Days desire to implement a theocracy here in the U.S. and is part of a church that is all over YouTube because of its bizarre practices. This does not make Blumenthal "obsessed" about Palin; it makes him a careful observer of her dangerous beliefs.
sippewissett
Your postings have a strong streak of anti-semitism and you seem incapable of using people's full/correct names when you insult them. Does it make you feel better to demean your opponents by perverting their names? Are you as intolerant as you sound? Go to a right-wing Web site where that will be appreciated. Here you just look st*pid.
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prairiepat
Sarah Palin is her own worst enemy. Just listen to the drivel and incoherence from her, and that tells the story.
southernyankee
There is another group called Quiverfull we sorta need to worry about. They believe in having many children and raising them to be army of christain soldiers to take over government and have a theocratic government.
Kevlar
That's kind of hard to read. I'm not used to seeing so much BS outside of a feed lot.
lyleleander
Todd Bentley, an in%uFB02uential Florida-based Third Wave pastor known for his tattoos, body piercings, and pseudo-punk attitude, once attempted to "explode" a man's tumors by drop-kicking him in the chest. He also kicked an old woman in the face because, he said, "The Holy Spirit spoke to me."
Holy shit... that's the closest I've ever been to doing a spit-take. Try reading that with a mouth full of hot tea and see what happens.
These people are going to kill comedy AND irony.
sophia5
So is this conspiracy stuff coming from the left now ?
Sounding as crazy as the far right nutballs who
manufactured "birthers, and "death panel" nonsense ?
The party is far from "shattered."
Seen the "MODERATE" polls lately ?
This is why extremists, on both the ( Right AND Left ) never seem credible.
Half the time they sound like they just make shit up to suit their agenda,
attempting to make anyone with an opposing view look Coo Coo.
Extremists ON EITHER SIDE are A WASTE OF TIME.
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Maezeppa
Aw, how sweet. You're trying to hide them.
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donatello
So....you have no opinion that you want to be called out for, or you don't want to be called out for your opinion. Which is it?
sophia5
Connie47,
You illustrate my point. The inability of the extreme left
or extreme right to have an ounce of objectivity.
Apparently you missed my comments where I voted for
Gore, Kerry, and Obama, and have been very critical
of Bush as the most incompetent President in history, and that
Dick Cheney is evil, and the Iraq war was all about Oil
and Halliburton. Have been saying that from the very beginning.
Have also said Homosexuality is NOT a choice,
have NO PROBLEM with gay marriage, and that
organized religion is fiction and fairy tales.
Have also been critical of those who generalize with a
broad brush, conservative town hall protesters
as "Racist, Nazis, Brown Shirts,"
while far left protesters such as SEIU can physically
threaten peaceful demonstrators who have opposing views.
I've been critical of Obama because he
painted himself as someone reaching across the aisle.
His government power grab will be his undoing in
2012 when Mitt Romney defeats him.
I said Palin made a great speech at the Republican Convention,
but exposed herself as vacuous, incurious and completely unqualified
when confronted by one on one questions.
I guessed you missed those blogs.
Maybe it's hard for you to see through that far left filter.
It IS possible to be critical of both parties without blind loyalty
to one or the other.
nickatdabeach
there's connie 47, right on cue -- go take a bath sweetheart, get out occasionally
sophia5
Also, I supported Ron Paul, who both the
left and right labeled as "Coo Coo."
If that make me "Coo Coo," COOL.
Even Bill Maher praised Paul.
It's on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUYDt7kC3Z0
and praised by DL Hughley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk5LUhAZxek
Ritarita
Sophia-
Your posts
Are getting thinner and thinner.
If you voted for Gore
Kerry and Obama-
I'll be Sarah Palin
For Halloween.
You crack me up.
nickatdabeach
@ sophia -- you owe these morons no explanations-- don't get sucked into their mind warp, their blather, and like connie 47 be sure to bathe once you logoff -- sophia, state your opinions, leave these cretins to wallow in their self pity, ignorance.. their day will come upstairs.. just like fatazz EM Kennedy's did before he caught the one-way express south -- and sophia, I can't wait for Blumenfunkz propaganda on Romney... meanwhile Max-a-million (not from book sales apparently) why not dig some trash on the Tan One, yes the Florida Governor Chuck Crisp -- allegedly he's appointed his lotion boy to keep the Senate seat warm (lubricated?) until the 2010 election.. how 'bout it Max? You seem to be into this kind of libelous crap. Besides, Tallahassee is warmer than Alaska, presuming you ever leave the comfort of whatever cave you call home. Cave? Wow, got the bin-Laden gene going on huh? His book sales a little soft too. Now, constitutional scholar Dr. Mark Levin is a good Jew, writes stuff people want to read, are willing to pay for. No soft cover pap like you produce. Poor Max.
shewolf884
sophia5. You are absolutely ON TARGET
cbeenthere
ritarita
And I will be a moose.
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MajorDebacle
No conspiracy about it. Face reality. Todd Bentley is a bona fide nutcase and Sarah Palin subscribes to the same whacked out view of Christianity as he.
Todd Bentley's Violent "Ministry" (WOTMR) [1of2]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN9Ay4QAtW8
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Zagama
ahhahahhhaha!!!!!!!!!
nickatdabeach
Pentacostals do it overtly... Jews covertly.. bottom line is the same isn't it?
grandpamike
nickatdabeach - It is quite apparent that you hate Blacks and Jews, it would be beneficial for you to take off the sheet and repent to whatever God you believe in. Atheism is the REAL way to go.....
GeorgeB
Cleaver called his addition to that particular clothing item, the "appurtenance" , prompting Esquire magazine to observe: "Sam, you made the appurtenance too long."
speechrock
Very funny GeogeB. My grandfather was a tailor and a furrier who emigrated from Hungary and settled in southeastern Pennsylvania. My father opened a women's ready-to-wear business in a small town in the same building.
As my father kids, grandpa, as he made his post-depression pleated suit pants figured that a little extra material gave the customer more for his money. I can remember the iron gold-colored cash register with the smooth black buttons and the lever which rang up the sale and opened the cash drawer. We also had a huge cold storage vault for the furs which had iron pipes for hangers three levels high with a door that opened with a thick bank like door that opened by twirling a wheel that would fit on the largest of sailboats. As a kid, I loved to climb around the vault among all the furs and, when the Beatles came out, I took one of the wigs off a mannequin, put it on and played air guitar. I must have looked stupid because Dad didn't allow that for but a moment.
As for Sarah Palin, she has been a figure of popular culture from the beginning and a story such as this raises her awareness but pushes her farther in that direction.
Others such as Reagan, Jack Kemp, Bill Bradley and even the unlikely SNL alumni Al Franken have made it into politics but either their intelligence, academic background, commitment to causes blew Palin out of the water and they didn't carry the tabloid typhoon that follows Palin.
I take two things from the whole Palin Show... the rest I leave to those who carry on a non-stop discussion that might as well take place on Mars.
First, she contributes to late night fodder at a time when hosts are having a difficult time getting a handle on how to spoof the President. Can Cheney hold himself out for eight more years as a substitute?
Second, it is truly amazing, if not disheartening, if not depressing to me that there are so many voting citizens who actually think that Palin is a viable candidate for anything let alone willing to vote for her. This is truly delusional.
When the Republicans are finally forced to distance themselves from her in a clear and unmistakable way, it will be interesting to see if she survives on the strength of her personality or is brought down in flames and put out to pasture with the all of societies other fallen papier-mâché heroes.
nortonclybourn
Sarah better give them all props in her coming book. Think of what a witness for Christ she can be when she boldly proclaims this publicly.
Embers
Excellent point! If she's so concerned about fighting God's war, why won't she admit it?
shewolf884
"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians.
Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
~Gandhi
sailormoon
shewolf884,thy say you learn something new evreyday.This is amazing,I love the Ghandi Quote.excellent.............
marinersarenumber1
Are SP and Michele Bachmann cloned from the same God gene?
In politics, a witness for Christ usually means you're pandering to the
evangelicals whose moral Christian high ground trumps any and all
opinions on subjects such as abortion, gay rights and conflict in the
Holy Land. Makes for great theater in the secular world, and provides
the perfect deception for SP who has repeatedly demonstrated a feable
grasp of critical issues that are central to this nation's welfare.
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marinersarenumber1
genomegk: My post doesn't infer that Christian politics takes center stage in the arena of political identification. I merely stated that using moral or christian platitudes as a tool for swaying public opinion (ie. procuring votes) without sincerity or genuine belief is grossly misleading. It would appear that SP and Bachmann are masters at doing so in order to disguise their lack of relevant knowledge in regards to critical national issues.
FreeDem
There is a considerable confusion that Max is criticizing Christians when this is not the case. These folk are not just Cuckoo in the sense of crazy, but also in the very real sense of the parasite that camouflages itself as just another wren only better, only to destroy the wrens pushing all the legitimate wrens out of the nest.
These Camouflaged "Christians" do not hold any classic Christian positions, such as "doing unto others as you would have them do unto you" or any such messages of peace or vows of poverty.
Theirs is a sword swinging "Jesus", taking the wealth of others to hand to the "Chosen", before killing off any who do not join them, creating a theocratic totalitarianism worse than any yet accomplished. They camouflage better now than they once did, but they have proclaimed this themselves, and the evidence can be found in Max's book and widely on the Web.
Oh and Genome- Every Conservative principal you list has been horridly violated by most who call themselves "Conservative" except perhaps "Personal accomplishment" of which Bernie Madoff is the perfect example of that. They apply "personal accountability" to the victims of all that accomplishing, but nothing of integrity, accountability, or rule of law for the perpetrators.
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whipmawhopma
FreeDem - I'm a Christian. I understand what Max is saying.
Based on what little I actually read on Branham's webpage they are a departure from mainstream Christianity. Maybe a very significant departure.
The Third Wavers wouldn't be the first group to clothe themselves in religion to push a social\political agenda, nor will they be the last.
pericles21
This is stranger than imagined....McCain selected her? Don't think John himself had anything to do with her selection. But, to the point, S.Palin reflects a goodly portion of American culture and thought, even the weird juxtapositon of domestic racism and culti-religious transracial demonism.
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nortonclybourn
He wanted Lieberman, got strongarmed into SP.
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Carole65
He wanted Liberman? Why would he have wanted Liberman, when Liberman was on a loosing ticket in 2000? It didn't matter who he picked - he wasn't going to win whether it was against Obama or Clinton.
AlanD2
Carole65: He might have done better without Palin, but I agree that his victory was unlikely regardless of his running mate.
gak001
Actually, I heard he approached both Lieberman and Ridge but both of them turned him down. Smart move on their parts.
Poor John McCain - I'm glad the old John McCain is showing up more often. Too bad Bush cheated him out of a SC win in 2000.
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Zagama
What she reflects is a goodly portion of the good ole boy,(white) self proclaimed "christians" who can`t think for themselvs and can only follow because they are too ignorant and lazy to do their own research. And would`nt know where to start. They are terrified because they fear they are becoming a miniority(which is true) and they think they are the true Americans that own this country...never mind whites were the first illegal aliens...pure and simple, they are afraid of being treated like they have treated so many others for so long. Their battle cry...in the name of the "Lord"..."if you ain`t wid us you agin us". And she knows those are her biggest fans. That`s why she can control their thinking so easily.
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Aurora
Oh, oh,,,be still my beating heart...people still READ!
thank you lyle and George...
and Max; your six years of purgatory are about to be rewarded with knowing you have shown the light of reason, intelligence and humour on some very murky shadows in the body politic.
thank you for your efforts on behalf of us all.
Aurora
It's a rainy afternoon in the Great NorthWest; am watching the clouds over Mt. Hood from my porch and following up the leads this story has opened.
What I resent most about the demise of the Republican Party is that it has destroyed the possibility of constructive argument and dialogue, as perhaps exemplified by Teddy Kennedy.
Here is another offering from Bruce Wilson:,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-wilson/media-gives-palins-strang_b_1 82295.html
There are several very insightful links and videos here.
I present this information in the very real hope that we can, with compassion, view the actions and beliefs of our neighbors and then work together to find a way to heal our body politic.
Yes, there is an amusement factor; also, perhaps a 'Fear Factor' in that it seems so 'other.
Blessings on the Work.
gak001
Maybe we'll see a strong Libertarian party rise from the ashes of the GOP. That would be the best thing to happen to this country since the advent of the Internet.
Aurora
Gak,
How do you see that working? who would be in the running? thanks for your thoughtful reply.
donatello
@Aurora,
Hopefully Kinky Friedman and Willie Nelson.
vanyam
Call it Libertarian, call it what you like, but it won't be anything like the sludge we have in DC now. Who wrote this political menu we chose from? Do you think we're wise enough to create a new political "flavor"? R D have outlived their usefulness. Now that we've got such a hot debate going, we'll get something done which might serve us all in better ways. When Ron Paul ran, he got LOTS of Dem converts until he was censored by the mainstream networks. So, it's anyone's ball game next time. Wait till you see the next election.
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FreeDem
I would not expect the Libertarians to be any better even if you agreed with their logic.The stealth Theocrats would still be at the lead of it. Ron Paul's group was/is thick with them, that is apparently why they so resembled a cult.
Friedman and Nelson wouldn't have a chance.
gak001
Oh, I think pure libertarianism is ridiculous and doesn't take into consideration modern economics or technology. However, I think genomegk has the right idea with a pragmatic libertarianism. I'm not sure who would be in the running, but while I wouldn't vote for Ron Paul, I think he has some good ideas and we could use a few more like him. I'm simply interested in a more constructive debate and balance in Washington.
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gak001
genome - go look up Game Theory and Keynesian economics and tell me where either of those show up in "Wealth of Nations."
The fact of the matter is libertarianism does not take into consideration any economic theory post-1776. The world is a much different place since then - people have evolved, human behavior has evolved. Smith's book isn't the Bible, it's a treatise.
donatello
And we can compete in a one legged sack race too.
Mhussein
"Some people snort cocaine, some snort religion"...
I can't believe how close we became to have this woman run this country....
McCain needs to go to jail for this,
gak001
While I appreciate the sentiment, I have to ask - on what possible legal grounds?! Or are you just using hyperbole for effect?
shewolf884
I am sure that the "embarrassment" factor is huge.
John must be a good man & he and Cindy did a good job parenting. Just read some of the stuff that his daughter has written, here on The Beast.
Oh, and I not a member of the GOP.
Wallysmom
Not many rebuttals to this article here. It's kinda scary to think that this woman was as close as she was to the presidency. I don't know how the pro-Palin folks can dispute a well documented article such as this one, though I am sure they'll drag up Reverend Wright once again. But this still is really nuts.
opedanderson
OMG!
TDB staff really need to see somebody about this obsession with Sarah Palin.
She's done. No chance of winning any office she would run for. She's stupid. A slut. Ignorant white trash.
Why all the attention? What's next? TDB reporting on her yeast infections?
nortonclybourn
In this case, there was something substantive. And TDB was there with the dirt on Sarah when it counted, before the election, with the video of the phony witch baiter annointing her or casting demons out of her or whatever he was doing.
We can only wonder what Mission Jesus has in store for her next.
Mhussein
You are right..she is done...her goose is cooked.
And white trash does not even begin to describe her.
Not talking about her is not easy because I have a feeling another shoe is going to drop soon....
That woman is a walking news reel.
BasPos
Sarah is merely a posterchild for the batshit crazies that are the GnOP. The problem is that they prey so successfully on the racist dolts that are their remaining 21% of support. A lot of people are scared and the GnOP is standing there to scoop them up in their putrid arms.
The GnOp has always been able to use the lynch mob psyche that lies beneath the surface in all of us. McCarthy, Agnew, Dewey, Nixon, Reagan, Cheney, etc. are all cowards that want all of us to be as afraid as they are. In the process we should scrap our constitution and laws to feed their heinous crimes.
Obama must find a "the only thing we have to dear is fear itself." We need fireside chats before these ignominies burn down the whole house.
JDK-JDK
Imagine if Obama even PROPOSED something like the Fireside Chats?
Hell, look at the outrage at him giving an address to school kids similar to what Presidents of their own party have done... yet it is decried as indoctrination.
With these loons with guns being so p*ssed off that Obama is President, should Fireside Chats happen, I'm afraid of what the reaction would be.
menckenlite
The US is fortunate that Obama got elected so that he could appoint Van Jones to bring rational thoughtful ideas to government service. Love this post racial society in Obama fantasyland.
whipmawhopma
I wouldn't phrase it the same way as BasPos but he's essentially right. Division of the nation by making it fear citizens with other perspectives then climbing on top of one of the fear mobs seems s.o.p. for the politicians.
Jinglebob
I can't believe that the Left is still so afraid of Sarah. They can't let it go. Just one point, she has ben a member of a Bible church for the last few years but the Left can't and won't understand the difference.
AlanD2
opedanderson: Well for one thing, Palin is still very popular with the Republican base. She still has a shot (not a good one, unfortunately for Democrats) at the presidential nomination in 2012.
nortonclybourn
20% of the people never gave up on Nixon, but you can't win elections without getting some voters with common sense (that's the theory anyway, I'm still in denial about Reagan)
newswoman
I don't think for one minute that Palin will run for office again. Why should she ? It's too hard. All she has to do is make speeches, which she is good at, and rake in the dough. I don't think she will ever hold public office again. Certainly not national office.
keepakeeper43
opedanderson,
You love it.
Denjudge
Palin still continues to make "news".....saw just recently about her speech she is to give in Hong Kong.
About a week ago, John Ziegler was on a local radio station talking about her again and saying how great a person she is, blah, blah, blah. Yeah, Ziegler is an idiot, a goon, but he is out there talking her up.
I think the attention is warranted.
nanbmaroc
Its not actually obsessing on Palin as what she represents in our midst.
GM2009
So was Bush. It was all out there to see, if one was paying attention. But he got 'elected'.
Overconfidence and 2.50 can get you a seat on the bus. Remember Rove's permanent republican majority?
vortograph
None of this is new. I read about and saw the Youtubes about this way before the election. Sarah Palin is a whack job and the Republican Party is going that route. What is surprising is that Obama let them get the upper hand on the health care debate and now appears to be pandering to them. Somebody pinch me... is this for real?
Hotfrostins
Well, I am shocked,, I paid attention during the election, read a great deal about the candidates positions, but had no inkling she was a delusional christian cult member. Its no wonder she is drawn like a knife by the brainwashing machine at Fox. Jim Jones proved how dangerous these people can be with the brainwashing and cloistered teachings. I would say that we certainly dodged a bullet and my opinioin of John McCains judgement has been moved down several notches.
southernborn
I'm sure the vidoes are still on youtube or somewhere. I watched them in horror last year. I didn't know her from Adam and had years ago, supported McCain but was no longer thrilled with him, so I wanted to take a good look at her........... I decided after watching the videos filmed in HER CHURCH of her that there was no way in hell this woman could be our VP. That was before the interviews where we figured out she didn't know anything about anything that mattered.
Ok I found the videos - watch and listen a few times. One where the Kenyan minister prays over her (the one mentioned in the story) she is about 3 minutes in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ccmRuCpFjY&feature=related
this is part two but this is where she speaks about the Kenyan minister
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k84m2orSOaM
Hotfrostins
Hey thanks, watched the videos and had the thought that McCain can thank his lucky stars he didnt win,,, one of her nutjob followers would definately have made the ultimate sacrifice as a spriritual suicude bomber to secure her position and mission for the church and the Kingdom of God as they see it.
sippewissett
This stuff was pretty widely discussed on Alaskan Web sites. Beyond that, in the lower 48, we were getting the sanitized "hockey mom" postioning of the RNC during the campaign. However, visit this site (www.talk2action.org) that monitors immoderate religious beliefs and she is well-represented. Just type Palin's name in the Search box and read with dismay what she stands for and how long she has been involved in a bizarre church movement.
sailormoon
I cannot believe how we keep on making SP such an important part of the news.Ths whole 2 pages,drove me to drink a martiniWhat is this thing that Isralis are all so wealthy,I can name 50 without the wealth ,and I can name all of 50 very important wealthy families.running this country,littrally running the country,the banks,the senates, the lobbying,,with huge fortunes, non jews.So what is that ?and foreign countries running the world with 50 families,powerfull and wealthy and not one Jew in it.As for nuts Rev Wright was also a Real nut case,to sit 2 0 years listening to him??I am not saying this president believes all that,but they sat thru and were part of his church.Anyway ,its over SP,but he has believers,that follow him,also.Rv Wright,Im having another drink
JDK-JDK
Anything that brings about a martini is actually good... no?
gak001
Mmm... martinis.
EtienneEtoile
Gin or Vodka?
1, 2, or 3 olives
Tried one with Boomsma last night, interesting!
sailormoon
chocolate martinis,......Just visualizing people giggling.!!!!!!screaming,nuts.
unclelew
Please get professional help.
newswoman
Vodka martini with 2 collosal queen olives (with pits) and tsp of olive juice.
A Dirty Martini. MMMMM, love it.
AlanD2
sailormoon: Reverend Wright's sermons were for the most part no different than those of any other religious leader.
He did say things on a few occasions that were offensive to many Americans. But you have to consider the background of the black community - an estimated 5,000 lynchings, the last as recent as 1968. And don't forget that racial discrimination is still common in America, although it is no longer as open as it used to be.
In short, I can understand why blacks may not be as happy with America as whites are. (I'm white, by the way.)
Llplo99
Also look at the stupid attacks and name calling against Obama, and I have not doubt it is really more because of his race rather than his policies (the policies are an excuse).
whipmawhopma
AlanD2 - I agree.
EtienneEtoile
Do you consider pulling a man behind a pick up with a chain around his neck until his head falls off lynching?
June 10, 1998 Jasper Texas - James Byrd Jr. a man
sailormoon
AlanD2 you are right,I agree with you,and I am also white, and I concider what was done to the black people thru the years,was horrendous,and immoral.I join many black friends on some Sundays,after they finish church for a buffet.But I have a problem with Rv wright,and many black pastors,and preachers are full of kindnss, warmth,forgiveness,etc.But you are right.!!!!
gak001
Judging by your orthographical atheism and your grammatical anarchism, I'm guessing you either had several Martinis before posting or you're a semi-literate high school dropout. Let's give you the benefit of the doubt and assume the former. And I hope you stirred and didn't shake like a proper Martini drinker.
That being said, Rev. Wright at least had only an (entirely rational if politically incorrect) outlook. At least he wasn't diving into mysticism and Christian voodoo.
P.S. If you haven't tried it yet, order a Hendrick's Martini next time. Blue Coat is also an excellent American gin. Either brand, you'll appreciate the experience and it will be worth every penny. Cheers!
sailormoon
gak001,its sailormoon,read what I wrote to Embers, I was misundrstood. Ofcours I disagre with the voodo.I am from another country so I am not a dropout but my English conjugations,might be unclear.
sailormoon
gak001,thank you for the benfit of the doubt.I wrot backwards, im US citizn but from another country.Everyone my computr skips lettrs.Im not a proper shakr,it was chocolat martinis.But bought Blue Coat today.R rad what I posted i was misundrstood.I wrote backwards.Happy Labor day.Thank you Phoeebes.
gak001
Ah, I was a couple of drinks in when I wrote that. Sorry for misunderstanding you!
The Blue Coat probably won't taste very good in a Chocolate "martini." If you make a classic martini (gin and vermouth) it would taste much better. I'm also a big fan of gin and tonic.
Embers
I agree, you need professional help, SAILORMOON.
You're saying that Jews/Israel control all the world's wealth?
You ridiculous anti-Semite! Take your racist garbage over to Rush Limbaugh's website.
phoebes
Embers, I "think" that sailormoon was saying governments and economies are NOT controlled by Jews. At least, it sorta seemed that way from his/her incoherent writing.
I might be wrong, though.
sailormoon
Embers I'ms sorry,you did not undrstand me .I am jwish, I said what is th problem that all Jws control the world walth. I said I can name,50 familis here,and 50 families abroad,influential,powrfull,in government,controlling world economy and they are non jews.And that I can name 50 jewish familis,that ar not th walthy ones.I said what is up with always saying that.Thank You Phoebe,I had my martinis, it might not look clear.I also think that what has been done thru the yars to the black people is inhuman and immoral.Thank goodnss slowly w have come and continue to move foward. But I was saying that Rev Wright is diffrent,from many black pastors,who are loving,pacefull,kind,friendly,but I undrstand the diff styles.I also had the martinis after the 2 pages of this incredible,way of acting,and ridiculousness of these people.And I concider RL,nasty,. not because he is the right I dont deslike people because of diff ideals.But I deslike his nastiness.
mcmchugh99
Rather than use the word "radical" to describe this peculiar cult, I would suggest "reactionary" or "fascist". That's closer to the truth, unless the author meant to specify "radical Right".
roninkannushi
Fellow Beasts,
Gov. Palin is currently carpetbagging, and will not be available, to the public, until the 2012 political season. She has become very magnetic, raking in money, and will be drawing critical attention when and if she decides to run for the presidency.
Now that I have issued my superfluous press release....
It is all Gods plan. Gov. Palin is anointed, and sure to win, in 2012. Sure. There is only one way to govern, and God has the ultimate plan, by using Sarah Palin. Yep. The Palin way will bring peace. Ahem. Do all politicians speak in lying tongues? You betcha!
Time tells, history listens, and votes count.
It be it,
Ronin Kannushi.
sippewissett
Humorous to think of both Palin and Bachmann being told by God to run for the presidency. I'm hoping God has a great sense of humor and is just waiting to see these two collide.
Thank you.
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